Storage battery



G. A. BA-UMETZ.

STORAGE BATTERY.

APPLICATION man oms, 1919.

1,4 55 l 9@ Patented May 9, 1922.

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GUSTAVE-A. BAUMETZ. OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

' STORAGE BATTERY.

Specification of Letters Patentu raient-ea nay s, m22.

Application filed )llecember 8, i919. Serial No. 343,366.

a citizen of the `United Sta-tes; and' residentiot' Cleveland, in the county oftluyahoga and Stateot @hidy have invented certain new and useful Improvements in' Storage Batteries, of which l hereby declare the following to lhe a full, clear` and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to improvements in the insulation plates which are inserted in storage batteries between the positive and `negative plates of the battery. and are employed to prevent meclninical and electrical contact between thc said positive and negrative plates. and to prevent the consequent short circuiting of the electric current, and the destruction of the battery caused by the overheating and"precipitation of the active material with which the ribs of said plates are filled.

,insulating plates constructed of porous wood and perforated hard rubber, have been employed, hut with the following' disadvantages, that when the plates become buckled by overheatintr, when the ibattcry is charged or discharged at anv excessive am perage relative to its capacity, the insulatiim' plates will become buckled or displaced porniitting' the positive and negative plates to make mechanical and electrical contact ywith each other.

This action would prevent the lrattergv vfrom receivingy ay charme` or delivering a charge to an outside cir-cuit. Also the constant jarring' action of an automobile when ou a roiqh road sometimes causes the in*- ,sulator plates to creep upward until there iscsuiiciont space lett unprotected at the .lower edges of the positive and negative plates to permit them to make Contact with each other. v

To prevent such -action and to make it impossible -t'or the insulatingy plates to rise and thus leave the lo wer edges of the positive and negative plates unprotected, each in,u sulating plate is provided with an inwardly turned lower or lugs which overlap the lower edge ot the adjacent negative plate.A

The invention also incli'ides the manner o t construction of the various details, as hereinafterdescribed, shown in the accompanying drawings, and specifically pointed out in j theclaims. l

@ln the ac qgmpanymg drawings Fig. l is a transverse section ol the storage battery showing' positive and negative plates` the electrolyte.v and the insulating plates coin sructcd according to my invention; Fig. 2 60 is a perspective .of one of the insulator plates showing the inwardly turned lower edge thereof; Fig'. 3 is a longitudinal section of the battery: Fig'. l, is an enh rg'ed transverse section ot the battery; Fig. 5 is a similar 65 view shiiiwingr modified insulators; Fig. 6 an enlarged portion of Fin'.

ln these views and B are the positive and negative plates resiiectively`r (l the cas-i ing and l), l). the insulating plates. The insulating plates are inserted between the positive and negative plates or grids containingr active matter. and lie closely adjacent to the negative plates but are spaced from the positive plates by means ot vertical hars E, l since space nust be provided for the discharge of active material. which is most frequent trom thel positivepiates.

To prevent the insulating plates from creeping upward or becoming displaced when the other plates become buckleth portions of the lower edges of the insulating plates or the lower extremities of the bars, or other portions of ythe plates'are turned inward at Ell. to pass underneath the nega- $5 tive plates, Preferably the bars E are cxtcnded in leiigth/l and turned laterally outward to pass i-mderneath th i adjacent plates. These bars cairfbe turned to either side as desired. y l

All the "plates, positive` negative and insulatiugr. rest upon low ribs (i, (l, at the bol tom of the casing a nd when tlangres are employed the lower edges ot' the insulator plates are cut away at intervals to permit the 95 turned in 'llanera-s to pass underneath plates and it lugs arc employed 'they can be so spaced as not to interfere with the ribs il, (l,

but pass between them.

rThe insulator plates are preferalaly Vformed of a material which while possessing acid resisting' qualities. will contrast in color with the positive and negative plates, so that the dye will quickly perceive it one is on'iittod when assen'ibliug thc batter'r parts, and also '105 are torna-,d of a tough and durable material that will not easily become broken, such as cclluloid. f

'lhe insulating plates are perforated to permit the passage of theelectrolyte."

lllhen the entire edges of the insulating 'platesare flanged orturned across the .lower z @ges si the' negative' plates the active im@ teiial will fall. freely from the positixfe plates when loosened, into the-poclifsts formed be tween the ribs the liottsm of tliscasii'ig, but 'when the @mls olf the. ribs turned wei si.' @paced lugs smpluyed for this purpose they can be extended and passed over tfie edges of the positive, pistes without inteifeiiiig with the ifii'll oit sutil; material.

,in tlis lmvs edges tu two bottom plates are connected giving them a il shape.

'This makes it'iinpossible tu leave out sm insulating plato by accident and it 'will not be nscassary that sally of the lcmgss.) 'i'ils m: bars lf, l?, should overlap iis shown .m l 1g, Il. Having dcsci'ilml the invention what l lclaim as new nml desire tu ssuui'c *my listtms' pi'ojsotlns constructed :mel al'rangcl to pass uncleinsath adj scent plates between said ribs.

li). :t battery, in Combination 8. casing alternating; the positive :mtl nsgativs plates tlieifeiig and insulating plates intemeoliate the positive mdf negative plates and prf vided with Vertical spacing ribs arranged at intervals and having their lower ends extend,-

ing to 'loi-m lateral prsjfsctioifis7 said lateisl projections engaging under the lower edges of adjacent plates.

4C. ln a storage battery in combination7 a ,'zisiiig alternating positiv@ ami negative, plates in said casing und ii'itsiiiiecliate insulating' plates, said insulating pintas ps1'- oi'utifrl uml fm'ximd st u material ciitrast ing; in slur with the fitlw' plates.

En stsi'nge trattati.T ihi combiiiatisn, :l {casing-j alternating positivi. and negative plates in said casing and intermediate im sulntiiig plates, said. insulating plates per- 't'ni'ated :uid formed of a matsrial cnxitriisting in colmi with the other plates :md means premuti l; the displacement of the insulating plates iatifely to tile-other plates.

Vlu t timony whereof, l liersmito set my hund this 2G (lay of l'ovsmbsi', i919,

(HHf'lAVl A. BJMETZ.

lil isissencs mit' VBL lvl. Momzos, 5l, A. WILMAMs-mm 

